JP2995478B2 - Paper handling equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial application field) The present invention relates to a sheet bundle processing for performing various processes on a banded sheet, that is, a sheet bundle. Related to the device.

(Prior Art) FIGS. 15 and 16 show a conventional example of this kind of paper bag handling apparatus.
This will be described with reference to the drawings.

Fig. 12 shows a bundle T of banknotes (banknotes)
This shows the processing state of a bundle, which is bundled in ten large bands). A bundle T carried from the commercial bank 101 to, for example, the central bank 102 is a ticket in the receiving unit 103 of the central bank 102. After the species, quantity, source stamp (bank stamp) and the like have been confirmed and recorded, they are once carried into the safe 104. Then, after the inspection process of the number of banknotes or the authenticity is performed by the inspection machine 105, the banknotes are again carried into the safe 104, and thereafter, the payout unit 106 pays out to the commercial bank 101. ing.

By the way, the processing of the bundle T in the receiving unit 103 is as follows. That is, as shown in FIG.
3 is provided with a large receiving table 107, and a large number of other types (10,000, 5,000, and 1,000 yen) bundles T carried from the city bank 101 are first manually placed on the receiving table 107. Piled up. Next, while a large number of piles T piled up are manually conveyed one by one in the direction of arrow x shown in FIG. After the weight is measured by the weighing scale 109, for example, five bundles are arranged in a row at the protruding end of the transfer table 108.

Then, from this state, it is pushed in the y direction by the transfer plate 110 which is manually operated, is manually packed in a box having a constant volume, and the boxed articles are transferred by a clerk and stored in a safe.

However, in the conventional processing method of the bundle T as described above, since all the boxing work of each bundle T is performed manually, there is a problem that the labor of the staff in handling heavy objects increases. Was.

In addition, although the volume of the box for storing each bundle T is constant, the shape of each bundle T to be stored in this box is larger than the original shape due to the usage of banknotes and the difference between old and new. In such a case, for example, a situation occurs in which only four bundles T can be stored in a container in which five bundles T are to be stored. That is, the thickness of a single bundle is about 9 cm when the number of bundles is 10, and the allowable range per bundle is limited to about 12 to 13 cm in consideration of the volume of the container.

On the other hand, some bundles T that are actually provided for processing have a thickness of 17 to 18 cm due to folding or curling of banknotes. It becomes impossible to store five bundles in a box.

Therefore, such bundles need to be removed from the staff and stored separately, or the work of reducing the number of bundles to be stored in the box is required.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, in the related art, there is a problem that the irregularity of the shape of the bundle T hinders the work of storing the bundle T in the container.

Therefore, the present invention provides a sheet bundle processing apparatus capable of selecting and stacking only normal bundles of sheets suitable for stacking and facilitating the processing of sheet bundles. It is the purpose.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) A sheet bundle processing apparatus according to the present invention collects a plurality of sheet bundles banded by a first band for every predetermined number of sheets, and collects a plurality of bundles. Receiving means for receiving a sheet bundle bundled in the second band, and first detecting means for detecting whether the length in the thickness direction of the sheet bundle received by the receiving means is normal or not. When,
Second detecting means for detecting whether or not the sheet bundle received by the receiving means is a predetermined type; and the first band included in the sheet bundle received by the receiving means. The number of bundles is counted from the change in the signal accompanying the detection, and a third detection unit that detects whether the number of bundles is the first quantity, and a detection result of the first to third detection units are used. A discriminating means for discriminating a normal bundle of paper sheets;
And accumulating means for accumulating for each quantity.

(Operation) The operation of the device having the above configuration will be described below.

When the receiving means of the sheet bundle processing apparatus receives the banded sheet bundle, the first detecting means detects whether or not the length of the sheet bundle in the thickness direction is normal. 2 the detection means detects whether the sheet bundle is of a predetermined type,
The third detecting means detects whether or not the number of the sheets is the first quantity (for example, 10 pieces). The determining means determines whether or not the sheet bundle is normal based on each detection result. The stacking means stacks only the sheet bundles determined to be normal by the determining means for each second quantity (for example, five bundles of 10 bundles).

Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 14.

FIG. 1 shows a sheet bundle processing apparatus according to the present embodiment.

The sheet bundle processing apparatus 1 includes a bundle T of sheets (money vouchers).
The bundle processing device 2 that receives (performed by the large band K), performs various processes, and sends it out, and the bundle T sent from the bundle processing device 2 that is determined to be normal is accommodated. And a container processing device 3.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the bundle processing device 2 includes a bundle input unit 4 for receiving the bundle T, and a bundle transport using a conveyor 5a for transporting the bundle T in an arrow Y direction shown in FIG. Part 5
And In the vicinity of the discharge end of the conveyor 5a, a second type for individually detecting the bundle type (10,000 yen, 5,000 yen, 1,000 yen) of the bundle T
A bill type detecting unit 6 (details will be described later), which is a detecting means of
A length detecting unit 7 (details will be described later), which is a first detecting unit that is arranged adjacent to the denomination detecting unit 6 and detects the length L of the bundle T, is provided.

A bundle transport conveyor (not shown in FIG. 1) 8 having one end disposed in each of the bill type detection unit 6 and the length detection unit 7 is provided. A bundle counting unit 9 (which has a configuration similar to that of the length detection unit 7), which is a third detection unit for counting the number of bundles t (sealed by the small band k) constituting the bundle T Is located).

At the final end of the bundle transport conveyor 8, a stamping section 10 for stamping the balance T on the bundle T is arranged. Near the stamping section 10, a stacking means 5 for receiving the bundle T from the bundle transport conveyor 8 every five bundles is provided. A bundle stacking unit 11 is provided. This is 5 bundle stacking unit 11 opposite to 5 bundles buffer 12 that receives the bundle T every 5 bundles fed in the arrow X ₁ direction is provided, further 5 bundles buffer 12
In the subsequent stage, a bundle of five bundles T is taken in and
There is provided a five-bundle box 13 for feeding the bundle.

On the opposite side of the five bundle stacking unit 11, a reject bundle stacking unit 14 for stacking bundles T 'which are determined to be abnormal and are eliminated is arranged.

An operation panel 15 is disposed above the reject bundle stacking unit 14 and serves as an input means for inputting setting information such as the type of the bundle T, the quantity of the bundle T, the date and time by key input.
In addition, a display unit 16 such as a liquid crystal panel and a control box 17 containing various control units and the like, which will be described later, are arranged at a position behind the five bundle stacking unit 11.

Although not shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the bundle processing apparatus 2 includes a slip printer 18 (details will be described later).

As shown in FIG. 6, the bill type detecting unit 6 has a transparent glass plate 20 disposed slightly inclined near the discharge end of the conveyor 5a of the bundle conveying unit 5, and an image pick-up below the glass plate 20. Imaging camera (TV camera) with its surface facing glass plate 20
21.

By displaying the image of the bottom surface of the bundle T captured by the imaging camera 21 on the display means 16 as shown in FIG.
The bill type of the sheets constituting the bundle T is configured to be visually distinguishable, and the image information is sent to a determination means 40 described later. The conveyor 8 is a glass plate 20.
Are arranged in a state where the conveying surface is perpendicular to the conveying direction.

The configuration of the length detecting section 7 and the small counting section 9 is as shown in FIG. That is, the length detecting section 7 is provided with a glass plate 22 having the same inclined arrangement as the glass plate 20 and a length shorter than the width W of the bundle T. Further, a conveyor 8 is provided which is arranged in a direction orthogonal to the glass plate 22. At a position opposed to the conveyor 8, for example, 6 A square rotating mirror 23 and two light receiving elements 24a,
A light receiving optical system 25 including 24b is provided. Below this light receiving optical system 25, a laser light source 26 that emits laser light toward the rotating mirror 23 is arranged. The counting unit 9 has the same configuration.

8 and 9, the laser light is emitted from the laser light source 26 toward the rotating mirror 23 while rotating the rotating mirror 23, and the light reflected by the rotating mirror 23 forms the bundle T. Scan the band. Then, since the corners (boundaries of the teeth) of the small band k covering each bundle t constituting the bundle T have a round shape, the strong reflected light from the small band portion and each small band Light reflected from the boundary of band k can be obtained, and based on this difference, electric signals having the waveform shown in FIG. 10 can be obtained by light receiving elements 24a and 24b. Then, based on this, it is determined by a determination means described later whether or not the number t of the bundles is, for example, 10 which is set in advance, and whether or not the length L of the bundle T is a predetermined value. It is supposed to do.

In this case, if the number of the bundles t is 10, and the length L is the set value, the discrimination means 40 determines that the bundle T at this time is normal.
If the number of small bundles t is less than 10, 11 or more, or if the length L deviates greatly from the set value, the bundle T at this time is determined to be abnormal.

Next, the box processing device 3 will be described with reference to FIGS.

The container processing apparatus 3 includes an apparatus main body 30 having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped overall shape, a belt-conveyor-type empty container transport section 31 provided on an upper surface of the apparatus main body 30, and a bundle processing apparatus device located at the end of the 2 side, receives containers box C vertical as housing member toward an opening which is conveyed in the direction of arrow X ₂ by Sorayo box conveyance unit 31 to the bundle processing apparatus 2 At the stage where the five bundles T are sent by the five bundle collecting part 13 to the container lowering part 32 to be lowered and the container C descending by the container lowering part 32, a roller conveyor 33 for transferring the C in the X ₁ direction shown in FIG. 2, vol which containers box C of the roller located at the end of the conveyor 33 already accommodate bundle T the opening rotates to face upward Box rotating part 34,
Rotation with the treated belt conveyor 35 for transporting containers box C further X ₁ direction, device main body 30 of the other disposed on the end side accommodating Sumiyo box receives containers box C which is come transported by the belt conveyor 35 discharged And a unit 36. The volume box C that has been sent to the receiving Sumiyo box discharge portion 36 together with the taken out to the outside of the apparatus main body 30 by hand, and is applying a cover with a lid C _1.

Here, regarding the storage mode of the bundle T in the container C, the eleventh mode will be described.
This will be described with reference to FIGS.

The container C is adapted to receive five bundles T from the five-bundle container 13 while being carried on the roller conveyor 33 shown in FIG. For convenience T ₁ to the description of these bundles T
And T _5.

The five bundle lowering mechanism (not shown) of the five bundle box 13 is
The bundle T is received from the five bundle buffer 12 as a group of five bundles (T _{1 to} T ₅ ) and sent to a five bundle collecting mechanism (not shown).
5 TabaOsamubako mechanism is a bunch T _1, T ₃ lower to indicate bundle T ₁ to T ₅ in FIG. 11 (a), in a state where the bundle T _2, T _4, T ₅ is an upper and, after stacking in a state in which the orientation of the bundle T ₂ and bundle T ₅ varied other bundle T _1, T _3, T ₄ and 90 degrees, these bundles T ₁ to T ₅ Fig. 11 (b ) Is pushed into the container C from the direction of the arrow.

In this case, the direction of the bundles T ₂ , T ₅ is made different from the direction of the other bundles T ₁ , T ₃ , T _{4 because} of the rotation of the container rotating unit in the container processing device 3.
34 when the upward opening is rotated containers box C containing a bundle T ₁ to T _5, the receiving indicia (Figure 8 attached to each bundle T ₁ to T ₅ (a), (b This is because it is possible to easily visually recognize (indicated by a circle in ()) from above the box C.

FIG. 9 shows a print form by the slip printer 18. As shown in FIG. That is, the slip printer 18 prints the date,
The ticket type, number of bundles, time, machine number, slip number, amount, key-in amount, and total amount are printed out on a paper (journal).

Next, a control system of this device will be described with reference to FIG.

The control system includes a main control unit (including a CPU) 41, a program memory 42 storing an operation program, and a data memory 43 storing processing data of the apparatus.
The main control unit 41 of the determination means 40 has the operation panel
15, display means 16, and slip printer 18 are connected.

In the data memory 43, data for discriminating the type of bill, data of length L for each type of bill, the number (10) of bundles constituting the bundle T set in advance, and the like are stored.

Furthermore, a bundle control unit 44, a bill type detection control unit 45, a small counting detection control unit 46, a five bundle control unit 47, and a box control unit 48 are connected to the main control unit 41, respectively.

The bundle controller 44 controls the bundle input unit 4 and the bundle transport unit.
5. The stamping unit 10 and the reject bundle stacking unit 14 are controlled, and these constitute a first sorting unit 51.

The five-bundle control unit 47 controls the five-bundle stacking unit 11, the five-bundle buffer, and the five-bundle storage unit 13, and these constitute a second sorting unit 52.

In addition, the type detection unit 45 controls the type detection unit 6 and the length detection unit 7, and the small number detection control unit 46 controls the small number counting unit 9.
Is composed.

The box control unit 48 controls each unit of the box processing device 3.

Next, the operation of the device having the above configuration will be described with reference to a flowchart showing the operation of this device shown in FIG.

First, the operator of the apparatus inputs from the operation panel 15 the amount of money for each type of the bundle T to be processed by the apparatus, which has been notified in advance from a commercial bank or the like.

In this case, the ticket type, the amount, and the like of the bundle T to be processed manually without being put into the apparatus are also displayed on the operation panel.
You can also enter from 15. The information on the ticket type and the amount of money input to the operation panel 15 is sent to the display means 16 under the control of the main controller 41 and displayed.

Thus, both the person who delivers and receives the bundle of banknotes T can visually confirm them.

Next, the operator starts the apparatus after arranging a large number of the received bundles T in the bundle loading section 4 in the state shown in FIG. At this stage, the display information of the display means 16 is deleted under the control of the main control unit 41.

When the apparatus is started, first, each bundle T is intermittently conveyed in the Y direction for each bundle by the bundle conveying unit 5, and each bundle T reaches the length detecting unit 7 where the bundles T shown in FIGS. The length L is measured in the mode shown in FIG. Further, each bundle T is used as a ticket type discriminating unit 6.
Here, the ticket type is determined.

The above-described discrimination result of the length L and the bill type is sent to the discriminating means 40.

Thereafter, each bundle T passes through the position shown in Figure 1 is conveyed in the X ₁ direction by the transport conveyor 8. Then, at this time, the small bundle counting section 9 operates to count the number of small bundles t forming the bundle T. At this time, the small bundle counting unit 9 also detects whether the bundle T is in a form that can be stored in the container C. The counting result of the small counting section 9 is also sent to the determination means 40.

The main control unit 41 of the determination unit 40 calculates the amount by taking in the information of the length L, the ticket type, and the number of pieces, and calculates
The bundle T is checked against input information from 15 (set ticket type and set amount information), and it is determined that the bundle T that confirms that the ticket types match and that there are ten bundles is normal. Based on the result of this determination, the stamping section 10 stamps the bundle T with a balance stamp. Then, the bundle T is taken into the 5-bundle stacking unit 11. Such an operation is repeated one after another, the bundles T as normal articles are arranged in a row in the five-bundle stacking unit 11, and the number, amount, and total amount of the bundles T are displayed by the display means 16.

On the other hand, the main control unit 41 of the discriminating means 40 determines the length L, the ticket type,
If the length L is too long or too short as a result of taking the collation information and performing the collation operation, if the ticket type is different from the set ticket type, the number of bundles is less than 10 or more than 11 In this case, the bundle T at this time is determined to be abnormal, and at this time, the bundle T is discharged to the reject bundle stacking unit 14. In this case, the number of discharged bundles may be displayed by the display means 16.

Next, when the five bundles T determined to be normal in the five-bundle stacking unit 11 are in a state where five bundles are collected, these bundles T _{1 to} T ₁
T ₅ leads to 5 bundles buffer 12 is pushed in the arrow X ₁ direction, by further 5 TabaOsamubako unit 13, is fed to the volume box processor 3.

At this time, the storing operation of the five bundle collecting unit 13 into the container C is performed in the manner shown in FIGS. 11 (a) and 11 (b) as described above.

Then, in the volume box processor 3, if it is contained 5 bundles from the bundle T to one volume box C, the contents box C is transported in the X ₁ direction by the roller conveyor 33, rotation operation by volume box rotating unit 34 , are sequentially performed transfer to X ₁ direction by the belt conveyor 35, the contents box C is sent to the receiving Sumiyo box discharge unit 36, a state of waiting for Hakobidashi manual.

On the other hand, at the stage where the accommodated container C is sent out from the container lowering portion 32 by the roller conveyor 33, the container lowering portion 32 supports the next empty container C and transfers it to the five bundle collecting portion 13. A box switching operation to confront each other is executed, and a standby state of the next five bundles is set.

In this way, the operator of the apparatus puts the empty box on the upper surface of the apparatus main body 30 and simultaneously operates the apparatus main body 30 shown in FIG.
Since the box C containing the bundle T is taken out from the right side of the box, the processing procedure and arrangement of the box C can be easily performed, and the work efficiency can be improved.

The container C containing the bundle T taken out from the apparatus main body 30 is
The stamp was entered contents of the container already been lidding by affixed to further cover C ₁ manually stored in a safe or the like.

In this way, a series of operations on the bundle T of a certain ticket type in the apparatus of the embodiment is completed. Thereafter, the operator designates the next ticket type and the like using the operation panel 15, and thereafter, repeats the above-described processing. At this stage, less than five bundles T remain in the five-bundle accumulation unit 11 or the box C, and the five-bundle accumulation state, that is,
In some cases, a full state is awaited. In such a case, the former manually removes less than five bundles T, and the latter automatically removes the container C by the operation of the container processor 3. Is discharged.

On the other hand, at the stage where the processing by this device is completed, the operator instructs the operation panel 15 to stop the operation. As a result, the operation of the apparatus is terminated, but information (data) relating to all the processing is stored in the data memory 43, and the apparatus has performed setting information from the operation panel 15 and actual processing by the apparatus. Check with data.

If the collation results match, the slip printer 18 issues a journal having the contents shown in FIG. 9 to complete the preparation for the next transaction. On the other hand, if the collation results are inconsistent, the display means 16 causes the display means 16 to blink the inconsistency, and at this stage, the apparatus is electrically locked based on the operation program. To release the locked state, a confirmation key on the operation panel 15 is pressed, though not shown. Then, an appropriate process, for example, correction of the initial input data, etc., is performed, and further, by pressing a return switch (not shown) of the operation panel 15, a ready state is established.

In the apparatus of this embodiment, the parts that can be further automated include an automatic printout of the display of the contents of the container C,
Automatic sticking of the sheet to the container, automatic loading of the container (automatic opening), automatic carrying out (automatic closing) and the like can be mentioned.

Regarding the initial input of transaction data, the person in charge of bringing in the bundle brings in the information medium (OCR paper, magnetic card, floppy disk, IC card, laser card, etc.) the data of the bundle brought in beforehand, In the present embodiment, a device for reading the information medium may be added to the device to enable automatic input, or the data transfer may be performed by connecting the bundle carrying side and the capturing side online using a telephone line. Is also possible.

Furthermore, bundles of various types of bills are put into the apparatus in a mixed state, and the bundles are classified and classified according to the kinds of bills, and are stored in each box of the plurality of prepared box processing apparatuses according to the type of bills. Is also possible.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above,
Various modifications are possible within the scope of the gist.

As an application example of the present invention, for example, in addition to a book box packing device that bundles a specific number of books of the same type and packs them in a box, a sorting box packing device for home delivery and the like can be considered.

This sorting box packing device reads, for example, a delivery code (bar code) of a home-delivery item, stores the home-delivery items in a plurality of sorting boxes (cardboard boxes) based on the delivery code (bar code), and prints the paper on which the sorting destination is printed in a box. It is configured to be automatically attached or printed directly on a box by an inkjet printer.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above in detail, according to the present invention, only a bundle of paper sheets determined to be normal in length, type, and number of bundles can be accumulated for each predetermined quantity, and paper processing can be performed. It is possible to provide a paper bundle processing apparatus capable of facilitating the processing of the bundle.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 is a partially omitted perspective view showing an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view of a bundle processing apparatus, FIG. 3 is a plan view of the same apparatus,
FIG. 4 is a side view of the same apparatus, FIG. 5 is a schematic side view showing a container processing apparatus in the same apparatus, FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a display state of a detection result by a bill type detecting unit in the same apparatus, 7
FIG. 8 is a plan view showing a display state of a detection result by the above-mentioned bill type detecting unit, FIG. 8 is a schematic side view showing a configuration of a length detecting unit and a tooth counting unit in the apparatus, and FIG. FIG. 10 is an enlarged explanatory view showing the principle, FIG. 10 is a waveform diagram showing the detection signal of the above, FIG. ) Is a cross-sectional view showing the storage state of the bundle in the container, FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing printing by a slip printer in the same device, FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a control system of the present embodiment device, and FIG. Is a flowchart showing the processing operation of the apparatus, FIG. 15 is an explanatory view showing the processing status of a general banknote bundle, and FIG. 16 is a plan view showing an example of a conventional sheet handling apparatus. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Paper handling apparatus, 15 ... Operation panel, 16 ... Display means, 40 ... Discriminating means, 51 ... First sorting processing means, 52 ... Second sorting processing means, C ... ... the box.

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Yoshiaki Ashikawa 70, Yanagicho, Kochi-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Inside the Higashi-Shibayanagi-cho Plant (72) Inventor Masatoshi Shioya 70, Yanagicho, Kochi-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Higashi-Shibayanagi-cho Plant Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Toshiyuki Miyano 70, Yanagicho, Yukicho, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Inside the Higashi-Shibayanagi-machi Factory (72) Inventor Jiro Wakao 70, Yanagicho, Yuki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Inside the Higashi-Shibayanagi-machi Factory (56) References JP-A-58-73526 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) G07D 9/00 401 B65B 35/00-35/58

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A receiving means for receiving a bundle of sheets bundled in a second band by grouping a plurality of sheet bundles banded by a first band for each predetermined number of sheets. First detecting means for detecting whether or not the length of the sheet bundle received by the receiving means in the thickness direction is normal; and whether the sheet bundle received by the receiving means is of a predetermined type. Second detecting means for detecting whether or not the number of small pieces is counted from a change in a signal associated with the first band included in the sheet bundle received by the receiving means,
Third detecting means for detecting whether or not the number of small pieces is a first quantity; determining means for determining a normal bundle of paper sheets based on a detection result by the first to third detecting means; And a stacking means for stacking, for each second quantity, only the sheet bundle determined to be normal by the determining means.